A Nashville woman was heard by witnesses screaming for help before her body was found. Police were able to track down her alleged killer with the help of dashcam footage from a detective working on a case involving a kind civilian and her twins.
Last week, the Metro Nashville Police Department announced the arrest of 29-year-old Paul Park in connection with the death of 34-year-old Alyssa Lockitt.
A woman was exercising on the Mill Creek Greenway Trail in Nashville on Monday, October 14th. Security cameras showed Park emerging from between two parked vehicles and “following her at a rapid pace,” the department said in a press release.
After the two left the camera's view, witnesses heard the woman yell, “Help! He's trying to rape me!” Witnesses then heard gunshots, police said.
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Paul Park, 39, was arrested by the Nashville Metro Police Department on October 15 in connection with the death of Alyssa Lockitt. (Nashville Metro Police Department)
A short time later, Park was seen returning to his gray BMW sedan with a cut on his arm and blood on his clothes.
Detectives were unable to begin solving the case until a local resident provided dashcam footage that showed part of Park's license plate and a clearer image of her face.
Homicide detectives reviewed the footage and recognized that Park was the identical twin brother of the suicide case he was assigned to in December 2021. CBS News reported.
MNPD Chief John Drake said at a press conference, “I hope we don't have another incident like this one where there were no dashcams or no one was there to help.'' “I'm so grateful to our employees for working on this. We need technology.”
Even without useful civilian footage, new technology pioneered by artificial intelligence software could help police investigate cases like the Nashville murders. Veritone is one of the companies at the forefront of that movement.
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The license plate of Paul Park's gray BMW sedan was not visible on the surveillance footage, but a hiker's dashcam captured part of the number plate, leading police to arrest the murder suspect. I was able to do that. (Nashville Metro Police Department)
Veritone Track is one of several features in a suite of services for law enforcement that uses artificial intelligence to track a single photo of a vehicle, such as a video captured on park surveillance footage. Run video against traffic light cameras, body-worn cameras, and other local authorities. Police can use surveillance footage to find matches.
“Both federal and local law enforcement agencies have significant data problems,” Veritone CEO Ryan Steelberg told Fox News Digital. “They have body cameras on right now. [footage] And a drive recorder. Cameras are installed all over the city. People are uploading videos. ”
“They don't have the budget or the staff to start looking at all this audio and video content,” Steelberg continued. “We need machines to help law enforcement sift through this mass of data.”
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Steelberg said that in cities where police have high-resolution cameras available, the technology can identify a car's make and model, and even small defects such as noticeable dents.
“Typically, when we're investigating, we're pretty good at finding, say, a white Honda Accord 1986 with a dent on the left side,” Steelberg said.
Nashville police announced that a suspect was arrested within 24 hours of Alyssa Lockitt's murder. (Metropolitan Nashville Police Department/Vanderbilt University)
According to amnesty internationalThe NYPD has access to more than 20,000 video feeds across the city's streets, subways and parks. Philadelphia police have access to 7,000 camera footage; interrogator Reported.
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In a press conference about Park's arrest, Drake noted that more surveillance cameras and license plate readers could help the city's law enforcement efforts.
“One of the members here [was] “I spoke with the Shelbyville Police Chief and they were able to obtain license plate readers and 12 cameras. Within two hours, two stolen vehicles were found…This is something that this city is extremely valuable to.” I hope they recognize that,” he said. A tool that Davidson County and all the counties that border it have…that's something we desperately need. ”
Paul Mauro, a former New York City police officer and lawyer, said the software may be useful in some scenarios, such as the Rockit killing, but users “will rely on quality.” [of municipal cameras]” and may face legal problems.
“I don't know if most municipal cameras are compatible with that,” Mauro told Fox News Digital. “Most municipalities don't have a lot of money and can't afford to hire cops these days. This all assumes they have penetrating and accurate cameras.”
Mauro cited the 2012 Supreme Court decision in United States v. Antwon Jones, which held that Americans are constitutionally protected from GPS surveillance by law enforcement, and that GPS tracking is a Fourth Amendment law. It was determined that the search falls under the category of a “search” that requires a warrant.
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“The current law is that if you can put that license plate on an LPR license plate reader and a license plate reader in another location reads it, that’s perfectly legal. [Veritone] Being able to do that to a car without having to get a license plate seems promising,” Mauro explained.
“But if you want to go further than that, let's say: 'Look, we've got this car, we don't know who's driving it, but we're going to put it into an AI and track the car. 'That's a whole other story.'
”[If needed]you can get a search warrant – there’s no reason why you can’t get a search warrant,” Mauro said.
